Louisville, KY

Here in the Bluegrass State, there are many companies that really need managed print and perhaps have never even considered managed print or how it could help their business.

One of the common things we find after doing managed print for over a decade, is how few people really think about managed print at all. For those few clients who realize they need to get their print under control, congratulations. This is a big step, because real change only happens when you measure and set goals for improvement.

Goal Number 1 – Keeping Costs in Line

The most common goal we see with managed print is to get visibility into costs, rather than being responsive to random toners that need to be purchased. It is about putting something that is more difficult to budget under tighter control with more predictability.

We do this in several ways. First we look at the obvious, like default driver settings and if rules-based printing has been put into place. It is difficult to get print costs under real control without these two factors being addressed. What this means is, generally, your prints should default to black and white, and then there can be rules like any prints from email are black and white, but Publisher jobs are color.

Having these rules and drivers set will save money, and most users will never even notice the difference, so there isn’t a political cost to pay when the changes are enacted. You simply get the savings.

Another big way we find we can help is when we implement Follow Me printing. This is one of the print secrets that people insist on if they have ever had it. Why make it so you can only print to one device when you could print to ANY device on your network?

We would love to help your Louisville company with managed print and print policy improvements. Give us a call for help!